USS Percival (DD-452)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Percival.
USS Hazelwood, who would have had a near identical appearance to Percival
History
United States
NameUSS Percival
NamesakeJohn Percival
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey (proposed)
FateConstruction contract cancelled 7 January 1946
General characteristics
Class & typeFletcher-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 2,325 tons (standard)
  • 2,924 tons (full load)
Length
  • 369 ft 1 in (112.50 m) waterline
  • 376 ft 5 in (114.73 m) oa
Beam39 ft 7 in (12.07 m)
Draft13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) (full load)
Propulsion60,000 shp (45,000 kW); experimental high pressure boilers; 2 geared steam turbines; 2 screws
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 15 kt
Complement70
Armament
Armor
  • Side: 0.75 inch (19 mm)
  • Deck over machinery: 0.5 inch (12.7 mm)

USS Percival (DD-452) was an experimental United States Navy destroyer who was never laid down and cancelled in 1946.

Percival and sistership Watson were planned to be a variation of the Fletcher-class destroyer, with Percival fitted with an experimental high-pressure boiler system and Watson designed to run on diesel engines, compared to the standard design of 4 oil-burning boilers.[1][2][3][4]

She was contracted out to Federal Shipbuilding on 1 July 1940. Like her sistership, more pressing matters delayed their construction and were both canceled on 7 January 1946.[2][5] After cancelation, her novel machinery was installed in USS Timmerman, a modified Gearing-class destroyer, for testing. Timmerman was able to produce 100,000 shaft horsepower (shp) and a top speed of about 40 knots compared to a standard output of 60,000 shp.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Life on a Fletcher Class Destroyer in the 1950's | Naval Historical Foundation". navyhistory.org. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  2. ^ a b "Percival II (DD-452)". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  3. ^ "Watson (DD-482)". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  4. ^ Silverstone, Paul H. (2008). The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. The U. S. Navy warship series. New York: Routledge. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-415-97898-9.
  5. ^ "Watson (DD-482)". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  6. ^ Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 198. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
  7. ^ "Timmerman (DD-828)". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2024-10-02.

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